Movie: A French Mistress
A French Mistress is
a very English comedy film from 1960 about an all-boys’ public (as in elite)
school where the new French master turns out to be a lady, Madaleine Lafarge,
and she is the only female on the teaching staff.
A romance develops between Lafarge and the
headmaster's son who is also a teacher at the school. This is a cause of
concern for the headmaster when he comes to believe that she is his daughter,
from an affair he had during a holiday in France in his youth. He attempts to
stop the romance by sacking her, so that she will go back to France, but the
boys go on strike and nearly riot.
In this clip James Robertson Justice – who was built to
be a public school master – confronts the rebellious boys armed only with a
curve-handled whippy cane.
The film is streamed on digital TV in the UK and available
to buy on DVD.
Picture and video credits: Charter Film Productions.
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